What I find especially interesting is that whole cultures can skew to one side or the other. E.g., the ancient Greeks had more respect for ideators, whereas the Romans admired perfecters. See also academia vs. industry.
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Generally speaking, whom do you admire more: the person who initially conceives an invention, or the person who perfects it?
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You may have already had this in mind, but (in case you didn't).... There is one very very popular tech company that is AFAIK (for the most part) a perfecter: Apple.
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totally, they’re the Romans of tech :)
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what about the reporter who explains why it's bad?
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Could this be framed as whether one prefers questions or answers?
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I imagine it’s correlated!
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Neither; generally speaking I admire the utility: how many people outside of the inventor or innovator are helped by the advance? There is a direct correlation between how many people your innovation affects/what degree they are affected and the level of admiration given.
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"perfecter" vs "initial inventor" is a false dichotomy... innovation should be the variable considered.
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